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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Flĕsh'-mēat, n.p. 521The flesh of animals prepared or used for food; animal food. Swift.
  2. Flĕsh'ment, n.p. 521The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending it. Shak.
  3. Flēsh'-mōŋ'ger, n.p. 521One who deals in flesh; hence, a procurer; a pimp; a pander. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. Flĕsh'-pŏt, n.p. 521A vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence, plenty of provisions.
  5. Flĕsh'quāke, n.p. 521A trembling of the flesh. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  6. Flĕsh'-tint, n.p. 521(Paint.) A color which best serves to represent that of the human body. Fairholt.
  7. Flĕsh'-worm, n.p. 521A worm that feeds on flesh.
  8. Flēsh'-wound, n.p. 521A wound not reaching beyond the flesh, or one not deep.
  9. Flĕsh'y, a.p. 521Full of flesh; plump; corpulent; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. 2. Human. [Obs.] “Our fleshy eyes.” J. Webster. 3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and…
  10. Flēt, p. p.p. 521of fleet. Skimmed. [Obs.] Mortimer.
  11. Flĕtch, v. t.p. 521To feather, as an arrow. [Obs.] Warburton.
  12. Flētch’er, n.p. 521One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows. [Obs.]
  13. Fle-tĭf'er-ōus, a.p. 521Producing tears. [Obs.] Blount.
  14. Fleur-de-lis, n.p. 521(Her.) The royal insignia of France;—whether originally representing a lily or the head of a javelin, is disputed.
  15. Fleur'y, n.p. 521(Her.) A cross, couped at the ends, from which proceed fleurs-de-lis.
  16. Flew, imp.p. 521of fly.
  17. Flew, n.p. 521The large chaps of a deep-mouthed hound. Hammer.
  18. Flewed, a.p. 521Having large chaps; mouthed; deep-mouthed. [Obs.] Shak.
  19. Flĕx, v. t.p. 521To bend; as, a muscle flexes the arm.
  20. Flex-ăn'i-mous, a.p. 521Having power to change the mind. [Obs.] Howell.
  21. Flĕx'i-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 521The quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; facility or easiness of compliance or temper; as, the flexibility of rays of light. Newton. All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay.
  22. Flĕx'i-ble, a.p. 521Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure. When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oak. Shak.…
  23. Flĕx'i-ble-ness, n.p. 521The condition or quality of being flexible; flexibility; pliableness; ductility; manageableness; tractableness; as, the flexibleness of youth.
  24. Fléx'i-bly, adv.p. 521In a flexible manner.
  25. Flĕx'i-cōs'tate, a.p. 521Having bent or curved ribs.
  26. Flĕx'ile, a.p. 521Pliant; pliable; easily bent; yielding to power, impulse, or moral force. Thomson.
  27. Flĕx'ion, n.p. 521The act of flexing or bending; a turning. 2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon. 3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. W.…
  28. Flĕx'or, n.p. 521(Anat.) A muscle whose office is to produce flexion; — opposed to extensor.
  29. Flĕx'ū-ōse, a.p. 521Flexuous. Eng. Cyc.
  30. Flĕx'ŭ-ous, a.p. 521Having turns, windings, or flexures; winding; bending; changing direction. Bacon.
  31. Flĕx'ûre, n.p. 521The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Will it give place to flexure and low bending? Shak. 2. A turn; a bend; a fold. Varying with the…
  32. Flĭb'ber-ġĭb, n.p. 521A sycophant. [Obs., and low or humorous.] “These flatterers and flibbergibs.” Latimer.
  33. Flĭb'ber-ti-ġĭb'bet, n.p. 521An imp. [Low.] Howitt.
  34. Fli-bŭs'tier, n.p. 521See FILIBUSTER.
  35. Flick, v. t.p. 521To whip lightly; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.
  36. Flick, n.p. 521A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
  37. Flick'er, v. i.p. 521To flutter; to flap without flying; to keep in motion without removing; to waver or fluctuate, like a flame in a current of air. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.
  38. Flick'er, n.p. 521The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, it was the last flicker of the dying flame.
  39. Flĭck'er-ing-ly, adv.p. 521In a flickering manner.
  40. Flick'er-mouse, n.p. 521The bat; flinder-mouse. B. Jonson.
  41. Flĭdge, a.p. 521Fledged. [Obs.] Drive their young ones out of the nest when they be once flidge. Holland.
  42. Flĕdge, v. i.p. 521To become fledged; to get feathers. [Obs.] They every day build their nests, every hour fledge. R. Greene.
  43. Flī'er, n.p. 521One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak. 2. (Mach.) A fly. See FLY. 3. (pl.) The arms attached to the spindle of a spinning wheel, over which the thread passes to the spool; — so called…
  44. Flīght, n.p. 521The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves.…
  45. Flīght'ed, a.p. 521Taking flight; flying.
  46. Flīght'i-ly, adv.p. 521In a flighty, wild, or imaginative manner.
  47. Flight'i-ness, n.p. 521The state of being flighty; wildness; slight delirium; extreme volatility. Syn.—Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness. See LEVITY.
  48. Flight'-shŏt, n.p. 521The distance which an arrow flies. Within a flight-shot from it in the valley. Evelyn. There stands the May-pole, half a flight-shot from the king's oak. W. Scott.
  49. Flight’y, a.p. 521Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o’ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak. 2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, &c.…
  50. Flĭm'flăm, n.p. 521A freak; a trick. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  51. Flĭm'si-ly, adv.p. 521In a flimsy manner.
  52. Flĭm'si-ness, n.p. 521State or quality of being flimsy; thin, weak texture; weakness; want of substance or solidity.
  53. Flĭm'sy, a.p. 521Weak; feeble; slight; vain; without strength or solid substance; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy pretext; a flimsy excuse; flimsy objections.…
  54. Flĭm'sy, n.p. 521Thin or transfer paper. 2. A bank-note. [Cant. Eng.]
  55. Flĭnch, v. i.p. 521To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or persevering; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched…
  56. Flinch'er, n.p. 521One who flinches or fails.
  57. Flinch'ing-ly, adv.p. 521In a flinching manner.
  58. Flin'der-mouse, n.p. 521A bat; a flitter-mouse.
  59. Flin'ders, n. pl.p. 521Small pieces or splinters; fragments. The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. W. Scott.
  60. Flīng, v. t.p. 521To cast, send, or throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence, as though thrown from the hand; as, to fling a stone at a bird. 'Tis Fate that flings the dice; and, as she flings, Of…